Eugene Bridoux

Eugene Bridoux (24 June 1888-1955) was Secretary of State for War of Vichy France during World War II.

Biography
Eugene Bridoux was born in Nantes, France on 24 June 1888, and he gradauted from Saint-Cyr. From 1942 to 1943, Bridoux served as Secretary of State for War under the Vichy regime, and he served as Secretary of State for Defense from 1943 to 1944. He fled to Sigmaringen Castle in 1944 and was captured by the US Army a year later. Bridoux escaped from jail in 1947 and fled to fascist Spain, and he was sentenced to death in absentia. He died in Madrid in 1955.